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Christian media group, Journalists For Christ (JFC), has unveiled winner of second edition of its Innovative Young Journalists Award in Lagos. The award, which received entries from numerous journalists across Nigeria, had earlier treamed such entries, unveiling three finalists. The finalists had included Hannah Ojo of the Nation newspaper, Abiodun Alade of the Vanguard and Toluwani Eniola of the Punch newpapers. However, Eniola Toluwani stood out, winning the second edition of the award according to the panel of judges comprising of top media trainers and editors. President of Journalists For…

Three finalists have been named for the Journalists For Christ (JFC) 2014 Innovative Young Journalists Award. They are Abiodun Alade of Vanguard, Hannah Ojo, The Nation and Eniola Toluwani of The Punch Newspapers. The winner of the award will be named on Saturday, August 22 at a ceremony in Lagos.

Kelechi Amakoh reports on the inaugural Innovative Young Journalist Award won by fresh graduate and freelance journalist, Jennifer Ehidiamen Three young journalists got rewarded for their innovative input to journalism in Nigeria in 2013 at a media award organised by the Journalists for Christ International Outreach (JFC International) in Lagos, Nigeria. The inaugural ceremony of the Innovative Young Journalist Award meant to promote excellent multimedia practice among young journalists was held along with the end of year fellowship of the Christian journalists group in Lagos on Saturday, December 28, 2013….

Paper presented on behalf of Director of World Journalism Institute, New York , Robert Case II at the Journalists for Christ, Nigeria reception for Belz International Media fellows in Lagos on August 21, 2010 While there has always been the cosmic struggle between truth and falsehood, between good and evil, between the best laid plans of man (e.g., tower of Babel) and the plans of God). this conflict has been intensified into an outright cultural war in our post-modern, post Christian age by the mass or mainstream media in the…

Final nominees have been named for the inaugural Journalists for Christ International Outreach’s Innovative Young Journalist Award. The award ceremony holds on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Excellence Hotel, Ogba, Lagos from 12 noon. The nominees are: · Alade Abiodun. Abiodun , a journalist, blogger and writer is a staff of National Mirror Newspaper. The graduate of Journalism from Lagos State University was former Online reporter of The Nation Newspaper. .Apart from his regular job, he runs the blog, www.blazingchild.blogspot.com titled “Me, My pen and I”. · Hannah Ojo Ojo…

Lekan Otufodunrin I have been moved to tears on a number of occasions, but I can vividly recall shedding tears uncontrollably twice. The first was in 1998 during the service of songs for Late ace political correspondent of Channels Television, Lekan Ashimi who died in a car crash on his way home from work late in the night. As usual, various speakers had taken turns to pay tributes to Ashimi who distinguished himself with his incisive political reports and others. When his widow was called to speak, she started by…

Report by DAYO EMMANUEL “Often times we seek God’s blessings without seeking to do His will. We look for addition without first seeking the kingdom”. These were the words of Lekan Otufodunrin, President of Journalists For Christ (JFC) at the August fellowship of the group in Lagos. Otufodunrin, a media trainer and On-line Editor of The Nation Newspapers added that “it is possible to have the desired breakthroughs but those things are not enough to take us to heaven”. He urged Christian journalists to identify with their faith even in…

Journalist for Christ, a Christian media fellowship in Nigeria recently held a reception for media award winner and nominees. Lekan Otufodunrin and David Lawal reports Seun Akioye, Senior Correspondent of The Nation Newspapers in Lagos, Nigeria has every reason to be grateful to God as profusely as he did at the November Fellowship of Journalists for Christ (JFC) on Saturday, November 15. This year, he has won two international media awards and three local ones which include the International WASH Media Award. The others are the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit…

Lekan Otufodunrin In 1998, while I was Group News Editor of The Punch Newspaper, I established a faith based media group, Journalists for Christ. Among other goals, the organisation was to encourage Christian journalists to live up to the tenets of their faith in the discharge of their duties. We were interested in promoting a biblical basis for the practice of journalism in addition to the code of ethics of the profession which journalists are required to abide with. Every third Saturday of the month, we hold a fellowship at…

Ngwuoke C. Ngwuoke How time flies! It seems just like yesterday. I remember vividly many years ago, the day I walked into the then Imo Broadcasting Service to start a career in journalism, a profession I knew absolutely nothing about. I remember going out to cover what they called assignments ( a word I thought only referred to home works given by the teacher) and returning to scribble what I saw or heard people say. It seems just like yesterday. I remember the day and circumstances that led to my…